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WIRE SPLIOER.

Patented July 25, 1882.v

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK M. HARRIS, OF ST. CHARLES, MISSOURI:

WIRE-SPLICER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 261,706, dated July 25,1882,

Application filed April 25, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANK M. HARRIS, of St.Charles, in the county of St. Charles and State of Missouri, haveinvented a new and Improved WireSplicer, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in wire-splicers; and it consistsin the peculiar construction and arrangementof parts, as hereinafterfully set forth. I

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar'letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a front elevation of my improved wire-splicer. Fig. 2 is aside elevation. Fig.

3 is a section of Fig. l on line a: w; and Fig.

4 is a side viewof a wire-splice such as the improved splicer hereindescribed is designed to make.

A represents a couple of bars of iron or steel projecting from a handle,B, parallel to each other a suitable distance, and being two or threeinches apart, (more or less,) with tapered notches G near theextremities, opening toward the handle.

E represents another similar pair of bars projecting from a handle, F,about the same length as bars A, but enough wider apart 30 than saidbars A to receive them between said bars E, and these barsE havetapering notches G opening in the opposite-direction. These notches Oand G are so arranged as to. their depth in the respective plates anddistance from handles 13 F that when a wire is placed in notches O andsecured therein by the notches G of bars E the handles B and F will notquite touch, thus enabling the wire to be clamped firmly in said notchesby holding the two handles B F in the hand.

The bars A and E of the two clamp-frames are connected by rivets H and abolt, I, with a thumb-nut, J, on the bolt, the bars E being slotted at Kto slide along said rivets and bolt. The bolt passes through handleBfrom the bars of one side of the clamp to those of the other side. Thebolt and nut are employed to set the clamp and hold it on the wires whenrequired.

The clamp is used in splicing wires by insertin g the two ends to bespliced in the notches from opposite sides when part E F is drawn backon A B sufficiently to open said notches. The clampis then pressedtogether on the wires by the hand and held firmly, while the twister, 5

consisting of a short rod, one end of which is inserted between thewires midway of the clamps, is turned around through the clamp, thustwisting the splice.

It will be seen that the arms A and E of the clamp will spring by theshortening of the wires between them 'in consequence of being twisted,and thus allow the points of thewires being clamped to approach eachother a slight measure equal to the shortening which the twist causes.The clamp is then opened by sliding part E F back on A B sufficiently toopen it for discharge of the twisted wire from the clamp.

In the splice, Fig. 4, it will be noticed that may be effected withtools differing materially in form.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination of clamp bars A, havinghandle B and notches O, with the clamp bars E, having handle Fandnotches G, substantially as specified.

2. The handle F, having bars E, provided with notches G and slots K, incombination with handle B, having bars A, provided with notches O,rivets H, and bolt I, substantially as specified.

FRANK M. HARRIS.

Witnesses:

P. S. TEACHER, GHAs. J. BRENNER.

